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celsus

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See also: Celsus

Latin

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Etymology

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Participle of lost *cellō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (to rise) (whence collis, columen etc.).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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celsus (feminine celsa, neuter celsum, comparative celsior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. lofty, high, tall
  2. haughty, arrogant, proud
  3. prominent, elevated
  4. erect
  5. noble

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative celsus celsa celsum celsī celsae celsa
genitive celsī celsae celsī celsōrum celsārum celsōrum
dative celsō celsae celsō celsīs
accusative celsum celsam celsum celsōs celsās celsa
ablative celsō celsā celsō celsīs
vocative celse celsa celsum celsī celsae celsa
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Descendants

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  • French: celse
  • Italian: gelso
  • Sardinian: chersa, chessa
  • Sicilian: ceusu
  • Tachawit: tkilsa

References

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  • celsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • celsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • celsus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • celsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • celsus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • celsus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “celsus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 576
  • Hamada, Hacene. 2018. On lexical obsolence in Tacawit: The case of six Berber fauna terms. Revue de Traduction & Langues 17. Page 55.